Hey folks - for those interested, here is a video of a German player singing through the VH2 on T4. Also includes a demo of some of the piano sounds....and yes, some more demos of the new voices...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1HK92Ve4pY

Have a great weekend!

Randy

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You mean a Dutch player, of course!

Taike

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Randy, I thought the harmoniser was just average...maybe the same as the previous Tyros models...The piano was okay, but not stellar...The choirs were excellent..better than average..and the sax seems the same as the Tyros3...I thought the drums were the same as the Tyros3...You have to consider there may be some sound quality loss via YouTube..

Hey Taike! Yep! That's exactly what I meant. Haven't been to Europe in so long.... need to get me the new "Rosetta Stone".

Thanks for the correction! They did a nice job on the video.

Randy

Great produced demo.....

by listening I couldn't really tell how much better the VH2 is on the T4 compared to the original in my S910 & other previous models units..

looks like a very nice store also.

Thanks for the link.

Yup Fran - of course as a sax player it's hard for me to love the saxes, but they do a good job of replicating the sound.

Randy

Aren't all europeans just europeans these days?

My grandfather lived in Germany from 1941 till 1943. So us dutch have a warm band with our German neighbours.

Hi Randy, How'z it going? many thanks for posting this. Nicely produced demo.

That said though, unable to honestly evaluate the sound quality of the T4 harmonizer until we're able to hear a demo that reveals how the voc harmonizer performs without it so drowned and hidden in efx. - Scott

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Hey guys! Thanks for your posts!

Bachus - I was sooo lucky while stationed in Germany to attend the North Sea Jazz Festival. Oh my.... what a beautiful trip that was! Everything from the marzipan pastries for breakfast followed by tours of the gorgeous countryside to dozens of stages of great jazz until 2 AM. Wow. That was an experience!

Scott - I'm hanging in there - so glad to see you back on here! Me... In October, I changed jobs after 14 years with the same company - lost a lot of personal vacation time (earning it that is - went from 24 days a year to 15). just glad to find someone that would take me at "senior citizen" age.... ha ha. Not sure how much longer I will do the software testing job. If I can craft and market my music work a little I think I may be able to just call it quits here in the Spring.

Randy

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Saxxman,
Thanks for the post. That looks like a real PRO audio store...very top notch.

The demo was super. I liked all the music the played. My high point was the first song and the choirs later.
Wow, it seemed like some of that was the theme song from 'Hunt for red october' ??
Similar anyways. I love that music from that movie. My kind of thing for sure!

One little point, at 3:30 he ran out of keys! And at 4:30 if that piece needed any higher notes, he would be out of keys!

A very nice demo indeed..I would like more of the same kind of thing.

The VH was OK, The Piano was OK, but I like my 160 MB custom Steinway D on the Korg a little better. Thanks James (Irish Acts).

Thanks again Saxxman for finding it.

Lee S.

leeboy can you post a demo of that steinway piano for us ...?

Donny, (& all)
The Steinway was actually a Piano done by my friend in Corfu. I got them confused. I use it too... While it was very good...this Irish Grand is tops.

I don't have the playing talent or recording capabilities Rob does...so here you go.

Here is the Irish grand I talked about (do not know which piano they sampled).
It is gorgious! I love it and play it a lot.
It is what actually got me into recent piano lessons.

OK this piano is a collaboration of my friend Rob Sherrat and James T (Irish Acts).
The demo is played by Rob at his home.
I visited Rob and his famaily in Corfu Greece last year...we actually worked on some of the programming while I was there.
I take no credit as Rob and James did all this, I merely was a beta tester and offered opinion and some suggestions on some of the DSP.

Notice the damper sound in the piano when you listen. Quad strike sampling.

#1 Piano only no other sounds so you can hear the quality of the piano.
http://www.irishacts.com/mp3/09-piano-demo1.mp3

#2 Piano and full arranger, then Piano only
http://www.irishacts.com/mp3/09-piano-demo2.mp3

#3 Here is the Rhodes
ALSO, listen to the drums about 2/3 of the wa through...Korg drums are a lot better than some understand!

http://www.irishacts.com/mp3/09-rhodes-epiano-demo1.mp3

I bought this entire set including some great Rhodes as well for $50.00...worth every penny!

James at Irish Acts is a VERY talented musician and sound guy. Rob is a peach of a guy and very talented player, each morning while my wife and I were there, he played beautifully on this piano to gently get us up & moving!

Hope you enjoy.

With this beautiful Piano...sure would not want to be stuck with 61 keys.

Sorry, I know this a VH topic, but you asked

Lee S.

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I enjoyed that, and I know he's just demonstrating the unit, but I wish he'd used the VH more sparingly rather than on the whole lyric.

Also, there seemed to be a peculiar inflection at 0:34 on the word NI-IGHT, and again at 0:44 on the word LI-IFE. I think he was singing the note correctly, but the VH was not following it correctly. In fairness, this may be common to all VH units, where they don't take kindly to slurs or broken notes in the vocals.

Leeboy thanks so much I really enjoyed that demo, the pianos really sound terriffic..James is truly a master....
with the release of the Tyros4....& it being so close to the Tyros3 in many ways.....I truly look forward to whatever KORG is developing for future releases....
Thank you again.

On the Korg PA forum, recently a REP at Korg commented.

Hi,

We are working on something new, but it is usual practice not to disclose the new features and release date. But I'm confident you will not be disappointed.

Best regards,
Paolo

Oh Boy....

Lee S.